Machine for spinning



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` MAG-EINE FOR SPINNING, DOUBLING, AND I 'WISTING SILYK.

No.' 282,123. Patented July 31, 1883.

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rf-SEYMOUR 851A. BANNIGAN. MACHINE lI'OR SPINNING, DOUBLING, AND TWISTING SILK. No. 282,123. l Patented July 31, 1883.

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N0. 282,123.-l Patented Julyl, 1883.

way i'r o ni lwound up upon PrE rares a'rnr FFlCE@ FRANCIS SEYMOUR AND AUGUSTUS BANMGAN, oE PATEESON, NEW JERSEY;

SAID BANNIGAN ASSIGNOR TO SAID ROSSTER AND S or onu-HALE To RICHARD einer;

inner-une Foa semaine, ooo

ernerrrearron xforming 'pela of Letters Patent No.

Brine, Ano

Apprenti@ una August nissen. @Mondi ,in order that the sill; .iilannmt as it is reei'rired from the producer he pnt into a ronditian to he used in the manuiaeture or wearing o silk, it necessary that three operatie@ he done io it. ln the tirst place it neeessary that such llznnent he 'twisted on itsell': in as is commonly ealled, spil-np sectnnlly, it is .necessary that two or more of such spun lila ments he l: id together. This operation is `cal led douhlingg and, inthe third plaec, it necessaryihat the spun filaments so laid together he again twisted or spun, generaliy t ne reverso whieh they were pri iw van in' Thesesuccessive ti-entren u el' he their eonrersion ii a sin-V gie thread are called. the "throwingfi ot' the silk. -lhese operations, as hitherto practically carried on, have been performed in most instan ces separately and upon separate maehines, thereby neeessitatinu` great loss in time andthe expenditure ot eonsidtlfrahle unnecessary manual lahor. The first of these operations, as usually carried on, performed in a machine in which a single silk 'lilam'ent is spun and then another spool. The Second operation, as usually carried on, has heen done in a maehi ne in which two or more of the spools e intainingfy the single spuniilaments have heen placed, and those iilaments have then been laid together and wound up upon another spool without twisting; and the third operation has been performed in another machine, in which thetinal spinning` was performed upon the double iilarnents so'laid and wound up on the second machine.

lt has been proposed heretofore to spin, douhle, and twist yarns in a single machine where twisted silk filaments and `in the yarns were unwound from hohhins,

passed through travelers or tliers, `thence l l l l l i, l

finally other ring-travelo h ohhi n ments from spools vided with enlarged hein passed over rods SEYMOUR; SAID SEYMOUR ASS'iGSon .iMUEL Tueur, 0E Sinn Twisrine situ.

282,123, dated. July ai, 1883'.

through eyes-to and around a feeda'oller, and

the doubled yarns or r, heilig` then wound upon a Vlt has also been proposed to spin fila/- or hohhins and spindles proheads7 the Spun filaments and through a doublingeye, and then wound upon a spool hy means ot' a ther-spindle.

however, practical for spinnin the iine iilaments ot' silk,

twisting' These arrangements are not,

doubling, and

for the reason that the ringirarelers produce so much tension upon the iiloer that it is very irreali., and, owing,`

silk iilainents, they very liahle to peculiar nature ot' the to the soon cause the iron rings or guides to hei-ome notched and uneven, therehy addingY to the danger oi' breakage. llloreover, the iiiers are comparatively com nlirated and expensive. and, i'urther, owing to the nature oi' ihei he driven nt high spawninrannoi l llirowii villi..

'llo n r oid these d invention; and to sists in combining i: construction, they cannot raies of speed, andas a eone economically employed in Stantially as hereinafter described, for performing` the operations ot' spinning,

douhl ing', and

twisting* the lilamcnts ol` silk without lialiilil) of breaking them.

ln our apparatus we namely, those upo eeived and those ihrownsilk finally wound, which last or set' ol' spoolsi cap or caps, and,

use twosets ol' spools n which the filaments aie reupon which the completed spool provided with a spinning as will he explained, makes part ot the spinning eontrivance for giving` to the double lilamentsthe second spinning` which they require.

Our apparatus from the aeeomp Figure 'l repres will he readily understood anyingr drawings, ot which entsv a sectional elevation through the line X A\, Fig'. 3, showing the op eratire parts; Fif. 2

showing the opera-tion ot` spinning,

sting in detail; and Fif". 3, ai ot' our apparatus.

chine,

doubling, and twi top or plan view Our apparatus i a front view ofthe inas shown as spinning` two filaeord passed to an- L a.' treatise E'E, and thence through the single doubling the spool A both spins and winds up vthe double 1 filaments L L,

l is `that the thread M is continually moving of filaments, and that a great number of spools wound the filaments to be operated upon. rlhese are placed upon suitable spindles, H H.

. spindle, and does ments, ,doubling them, and twisting; but it is I plain that it is applicable to the spinning, doubling, and twisting of any desired number can be substituted for those shown and driven from the same mechanism.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in all the iigures. l Y

B .B represent the spools upon which are The filaments L L are simultaneously nnwonnd from and `spun by the open spools B B', and pass upward from them. As shown -in the drawings, they pass, respectively, through eyes eyeF. The double l'ament then passes between the feed-rolls C D, andthence down ward to the spinning-spool A, provided with a suitable spinning-cap,` li. Therotation of which, when doubled, are marked M, as-show'n in the drawings. The cap-"and spool K A are 'preferablyof the lforni known as the DanforthCap.v By this ar cap A properly winds the doubled and twisted thread M- upon .the spool in successive layers. Thecap K is raised and lowered by the deadnot rotate while the spool rotates within it. The result of this operation around' the lower periphery of the cap, and vdoes not continually passthrough one eye, as is the case in a ring traveler or flier. As shown in thc'drawings, the spools, rollers, and caps are driven from the power-shaft G by suitable belts.

a represents abelt passing around the powershaft G and the spindle ofthe spool A. b b represent belts passing around the powershaft G- and the spindles H H', carrying the spools of unspun silk.

Ic d c represent speed-reducing pulleys, p1' vided with suitable belts for operating the traverse forthe winding-spool. f represents a belt connecting the leed-roll d to the main driving shaft. 4lrovided the apparatus be properly specdcd and driven,theeXact method of driving:the parts is innnaterial, and the connections may be varied to meet the exigencies ot each construction. The paiticnlar method of bringing the filaments together is also immaterial.

From the above descriptimi it will be seen.

As shown, the said surfaces are the edges of the disks constituting the upper ends of the spools. These spools therefore serve the purpose of unwinding the filaments and simultaneously spinning them. From them the filaments are laid together by suitable contriv- 7o Y ances, and, passing over suitable drag-rollers, they are then brought down to a single spinning cap, which is also provided with a circu lar spinning-surface, when the twisted filament is wound upon the bobbins, the continuons surfaceof the cap preventing any inleven wear and consequent breaking of the filaments. By means of this combination of devices we are able to produce a machine capable of practically throwing the finest silk filaments with- 8o rangement the rising-and-alling motion of the v outdanger of breaking.

NVhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure'by Letters Patent, is

l.A The combination, with two or more spilt dles for carrying the threads of unspun silk,

each provided with a disk at its upper end, and feed-rollers, of a spinning or twisting spin dle, a cap, and-mechanism 'for operating said parts,.whereby the strands of unspun silkas they leave the spindles are twisted by coming 9o vin contact with the said disk -and the two .strands are doubled and twisted together, substantially as described.

. 2. The combination of two or more spindles,

two or more spools thereon, carrying threads of unspun silk, having disks around which the threads are spun, and devices for bringing the threads together, with a spinning and twisting spindle, a' cap, and mechanism for operating such parts, whereby the strands of silk as they roo leave the spools are spun around the disks or edges of the spools, and are doubled, twisted,

and laid upon' the latter, substantially :1s described.

renners' sEYMoUn. AUGUSTUS nANN'rcAN. witnesses 1 i PETER M. BANIGAN, XVILLTAM P. TYNAN. 

